10An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.


In Context

7 When a man's ways please Jehovah, even his enemies, He causeth to be at peace with him.

8 Better is a little with righteousness, Than abundance of increase without justice.

9 The heart of man deviseth his way, And Jehovah establisheth his step.

10 An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

11 A just beam and balances are Jehovah's, His work are all the stones of the bag.

12 An abomination to kings is doing wickedness, For by righteousness is a throne established.

Proverbs 16:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:10A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:10The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth should not betray justice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:10Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:10A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.